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Denim n Leather

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Old guitar, new look
« on: June 19, 2009, 02:51:48 PM »
Swapped the scratchplate out from my Warmoth/Fender strat for a new look:



Thanks to PhilKing for invaluable soldering and alcohol assistance. Sorry, not BKs in this one (yet). Bridge is a Lollar Special. Neck is a Lollar Blackface. Middle is an empty cover.

Controls are just the way PhillyQ and I love em -- Les Paul 3 way switch, no volume or tone pots, no caps or resistors. Just pickups > switch > jack.
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Re: Old guitar, new look
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2009, 03:24:21 PM »
Quote from: Denim n Leather on June 19, 2009, 02:51:48 PM
Controls are just the way PhillyQ and I love em -- Les Paul 3 way switch, no volume or tone pots, no caps or resistors. Just pickups > switch > jack.

My favourite!  :D

That does look mighty stylish, I have to say.
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Denim n Leather

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Re: Old guitar, new look
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2009, 03:32:10 PM »
Unfortunately, you can't see the insane flame on the fingerboard and neck in that pic!
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Re: Old guitar, new look
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2009, 03:42:07 PM »
all it needs is a big headstock!
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dave_mc

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Re: Old guitar, new look
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2009, 04:36:02 PM »
is that the one which had the rising sun scratchplate? or a different one?

looks nice, by the way, i can make out a tiny bit of flame around the 12th fret or so, but i'm sure it shows up a lot better in real life...
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Denim n Leather

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Re: Old guitar, new look
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2009, 04:39:49 PM »
Quote from: dave_mc on June 19, 2009, 04:36:02 PM
is that the one which had the rising sun scratchplate? or a different one?

Yep, formerly Yoshi ... now called Ethel.

I'm keeping the scratchplate in case I need to switch it back.

Best part about Strats is that you can cusomize em so fast!!
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dave_mc

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Re: Old guitar, new look
« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2009, 11:21:12 PM »
yeah, definitely. i liked the old scratchplate, it was cool in an 80s kind of way (which means it's cool full stop/period in my book :D). :)
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Denim n Leather

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Re: Old guitar, new look
« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2009, 02:49:26 AM »

Oh, I still have the scratchplate, and it will appear again! The CS will not work for this gig tomorrow, tho
Sorry, I hit "Modify" instead of "Quote" (damn moderator buttons lol)!!!!
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Re: Old guitar, new look
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2009, 05:40:53 PM »
:lol:

yeah, i can understand that, if you need a strat tone you need the 3 strat-style single coils (in a strat or similar style of guitar). :)
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Re: Old guitar, new look
« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2009, 07:18:14 PM »
Very cool!

Quote from: Denim n Leather on June 19, 2009, 02:51:48 PM
Controls are just the way PhillyQ and I love em -- Les Paul 3 way switch, no volume or tone pots, no caps or resistors. Just pickups > switch > jack.

But how it's done? Does you put a 250K resistor anywhere to simulate the pot???
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Denim n Leather

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Re: Old guitar, new look
« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2009, 07:22:42 PM »
Quote from: FernandoEsteves on June 20, 2009, 07:18:14 PM
But how it's done? Does you put a 250K resistor anywhere to simulate the pot???
No
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Re: Old guitar, new look
« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2009, 07:25:23 PM »
boo!!! bring back yoshi! boo!!
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Denim n Leather

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Re: Old guitar, new look
« Reply #13 on: June 20, 2009, 07:48:11 PM »
Sounds IMMENSE!!
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